A Guide to Farming in a Mobile City-Chapter 165 : Scale of a Level 3 Mobile City (4K)

Chapter 165: Scale of a Level 3 Mobile City (4K)
"We finally arrived."
Gazing at the coastline that had emerged in the distance, Li Ye sighed with genuine emotion.
After breaking through the blockade of the Naga Civilization and enduring a week-long sea voyage, the Tomorrow Alliance had finally reached the Southern Continent.
As Li Ye picked up his binoculars and looked out, a desolate coastline appeared in his view.
The hotel ruins scorched under the noonday blaze, the landmark Ferris wheel half-submerged in the sea, the breakwater overgrown with barnacles, and the distant broken and barren city.
As he watched, Li Ye exhaled softly in relief.
Now, they had finally arrived at the new continent.
At this moment, what he wanted most to know was what level this new zone ahead was.
Very soon, he began making a series of plans.
After confirming the nearby area was safe, the Tomorrow Alliance landed on the coast, started ground refitting, and began exploring this new zone.
Among them, the Tomorrow would officially begin its promotion to a Level 3 Mobile City.
In the following period, Li Ye dispatched a Black Hawk Helicopter to scout the coastline. Only after confirming there was no threat did he feel assured to go ashore.
The accompanying Mobile Cities also made their respective decisions.
The Night Voyage and Annihilator intended to hunt wild creatures in the surrounding waters.
The Silver Messenger and Warhammer chose to travel along the coastline to find a suitable area for ground refitting and then go ashore.
After bidding farewell to Li Ye and the others, they successively withdrew from the K1 City Communication Channel.
In fact, midway through the journey, Li Ye had invited the four Lords to join the Tomorrow Alliance, but they all politely declined.
Joining a City Alliance, while ensuring safety and accelerating development, also imposed limitations on collective action.
Surviving as a lone wolf in the wild was also a valid choice.
Li Ye opened the System Panel.
During this past week, the system cooldown had ended, and more than five days had already passed.
【Time until next Intelligence Refresh: 1 day 11 hours 15 minutes 25 seconds】
【Number of Intelligence Items: 7】
Considering everyone had endured long travel, and that ground refitting would take several hours, as well as the time needed for the Tomorrow to be promoted to a Level 3 City, Li Ye decided to give everyone a day off to rest properly.
A few hours later, after the Tomorrow completed its ground mobility refitting, Li Ye headed to the Production Workshop and submitted the full range of resources required for Level 2 promotion.
This time, thanks to full-map coordination and naval battles, the Tomorrow Alliance was thoroughly well-fed.
In hand were Level 2 and below Production Items, along with various resources such as Level 2 Iron Ore, Level 2 Coal, and Level 2 Saltpeter.
Before pressing the confirm button, Li Ye had to make a few adjustments.
The upgrade to a Level 3 Mobile City caused much more commotion than Level 2. One could say the entire city would undergo an earth-shattering transformation.
Therefore, he needed to pre-designate certain zones to remain unchanged.
The Small Bathhouse, Public Canteen, Fields, Basketball Court, Pool Table Area, Barber Shop... Li Ye sequentially confirmed these zones would remain unaltered.
Next, he began adjusting the residential space in the mid-level Residential and Living District.
From the original 3x3 to 5x5. That meant each person’s living area increased from 9 square meters to 25 square meters—roughly tripling in size.
With the increase in living space, residents could place more furniture, and even potential future household appliances, thus raising the standard of living to a higher level.
During this process, all vehicles and residents aboard the Tomorrow had to evacuate to the ground.
Everyone stood on the coast, distancing themselves from their own Mobile City, and looked upon it with anticipation.
When Li Ye pressed the confirm button and stepped back to the ground—
A few minutes later, the Tomorrow let out a thunderous boom.
Under everyone’s gaze, this Mobile City began to "grow" in an unbelievable display.
Gear-driven telescopic structures slowly elevated the height, the outer armor plating of the city retracted layer by layer, revealing the inner connecting rods and hydraulic systems.
They began rapidly separating and recombining, causing the entire city to expand at an astonishing speed.
Inside the Production Workshop, large batches of Level 2 Iron Ore were being processed into city components and assembled across the city via conveyor belts.
The conveyor belts rolled fuel, Saltpeter, and Coal into the Fuel Compartment, converting them into the power source for the city's upgrade.
Aside from the pre-designated preserved areas, the upper, middle, and lower three-tier structure began expanding and extending frantically.
Pressure gauges throughout the city trembled violently, and high-pressure steam gushed from various Pressure Relief Valves, enveloping the entire city in a foggy sea of nitrogen tanks.
The city's expansion was like a brilliant mechanical ballet. The walls on both sides of the corridors slowly separated, and newly crafted support beams and steel pillars unfolded gradually, driven by the Gear Sets.
The upper, middle, and lower-tier structures extended progressively under the drive of Hydraulic Devices. The original architectural components split and recombined like blossoming flowers.
Only after seven to eight hours did the Tomorrow officially complete its upgrade.
Everyone immediately erupted into cheers and surrounded Li Ye, heading toward the Elevator Platform.
After upgrading to a Level 3 City, the Elevator Platform of the Tomorrow had undergone another expansion, now reaching 1,000 square meters.
Upon reaching the Armor Deck, the crowd cheered and dispersed, touring the city that had transformed on such a grand scale.
Li Ye, meanwhile, headed into the Production Workshop to carefully examine the specifications of the Level 3 City.
Upon seeing them clearly, he was immediately shocked.
After being upgraded to a Level 3 City, the Tomorrow had a length of 1,125 meters, a width of 720 meters, and a height of 240 meters.
Its upper tier now had 2 floors, the middle tier 17 floors, and the lower tier 5 floors.
Besides this, Li Ye’s second concern was how large the Vehicle Warehouse of the Tomorrow had become.
After all, as an Assault-type City, it needed to house a massive number of land, sea, and air combat vehicles.
Li Ye quickly obtained the specific data on the Vehicle Warehouse.
The Vehicle Warehouse did not occupy a separate floor, but was integrated alongside other city structures. Its total area amounted to 200,000 square meters.
Using an 80% space utilization rate as the baseline—
If housing civilian cars, it could accommodate 10,000 vehicles.
If tanks, armored vehicles, and other large military vehicles, it could hold 3,000 units.
If helicopters or fighter jets, it could store 1,200 aircraft.
If destroyers or cruisers, then 90 vessels.
"That’s absolutely sufficient!"He nodded repeatedly.
Overall, the scale of a Level 3 Mobile City had truly amazed him.
"No wonder the required Level 2 resources for construction doubled,"he muttered to himself."This city’s scale really is ridiculously large."
Doing a quick calculation, one additional floor had been added to the upper tier, two to the lower tier, and a full nine to the middle tier.
All these newly added spacious floors were currently completely bare.
Mainly because the 4,000 units of Level 2 Iron Ore invested had all been used to build the city’s structure and Keel.
If he wanted to construct facilities on these new floors, Li Ye would need to invest Iron Ore, Timber, Stone, and other resources.
In truth, the original floors had already been sufficient.
A Level 3 Mobile City had a population capacity of 50,000 to 100,000, while the Tomorrow currently only housed about 1,200 people—an incredibly sparse number.
But the other three Mobile Cities within the Alliance had even smaller populations, each only about 300 to 500 people.
Among all Mobile Cities, Assault-type Cities had the highest demand for population.
Land, sea, and air combat vehicles all required combat personnel.
Ordinary Off-road Vehicles, Jet Planes, and Speedboats were still manageable.
But if it was a Tank, then a full crew was needed.
If it was a Gunship, then a flight crew was necessary.
For a Destroyer, at least 50 to 60 personnel were required.
As for Tank Battalions, Aerial Forces, and Naval Fleets... they required an even higher population!
"I need more population."
Li Ye couldn’t help but sigh.
Back when traveling through the Wormhole, the Tomorrow had recruited about 700 people.
Previously, considering the city already had around 500 people, consuming more than double that in new recruits would take time, so to play it safe, no further recruitment had been carried out.
But now that it had suddenly upgraded to a Level 3 City, the population truly wasn't enough anymore.
In a sense, this was a happy problem to have.
In the following period, Li Ye became incredibly busy.
First, he had to assign the floor levels accordingly.
He called over Lin Wu and all members of the City Committee to begin discussions.
After a round of deliberation, the floor plan was finalized.
The upper tier would be divided into levels A1–A2.
The middle tier into levels B1–B17.
The lower tier into levels C1–C4.
The lower deck, designated as the Power Engine Zone, was not included in Li Ye’s urban planning.
The A1 floor was an upward extension built upon the original structure and was currently completely bare.
Li Ye designated this prime location in the city as the airport for Flight Vehicle docking, maintenance, and deployment.
At the moment, six Black Hawk Helicopters, two SH-60 “Seahawk” Anti-Submarine Aircraft, and one Gunship were stationed there.
The A2 floor contained the previously existing Orchard Fields, Residential District, Observation Deck, and Small Garden.
The lighting and wind here were slightly worse than those of A1, but the living conditions on the Tomorrow were the best in this tier.
Currently, several dozen residents had moved into the upper tier through their own efforts.
The middle tier previously had eight floors, with one of them housing the Production Workshop and the City Simulation Training Pod.
During the upgrade, five new floors were added above and four new floors below.
That is, floors B1–B5 and B14–B17.
Currently, the Tomorrow had a length and width of 1,125 meters and 720 meters respectively, with a theoretical floor area of 810,000 square meters per level.
But actual usable space did not equal the theoretical maximum area.
Subtracting the space occupied by stairways, corridors, the Armor Deck, buildings, Cannons/Heavy Machine Guns deployment, railings, Steam Pipelines, City Armor, and other components, each floor’s area would have to be reduced by approximately 10–20%.
For lower-tier areas filled with various instruments and Steam Pipelines, as well as the Power Engine, Fuel Compartment, and Boiler Room—utilizing space there was practically out of the question.
Under normal circumstances, the usable area per floor was about 700,000 square meters, which equated to roughly 70 hectares.
That was already an astonishing figure.
"I didn’t expect that you could actually farm on a Mobile City!"Li Ye sighed.
In fact, a Level 3 Mobile City was no more than 1 kilometer long and 0.75 kilometers wide. The total area was fixed, and the only way to gain more space was to increase the number of floors.
Li Ye made a quick mental calculation.
Typically, to supply staple food for 1,000 people for one year, about 30–50 hectares of farmland were needed.
But with various technological enhancements, that could be compressed to 20–35 hectares.
Most importantly, the staple crops and vegetables, melons, and fruits on the Tomorrow were all Level 1–2 Crops, with growth cycles measured in 1–2 weeks—maturing far faster than ordinary crops.
This meant that the farmland required to support 1,000 people could be discounted even further.
Compared to Li Ye, Lin Wu arrived at a conclusion more quickly.
"Two floors are more than enough. Don’t forget, we already have one floor of farmland,"he said."If we add another, we’ll have surplus food."
According to the plan, Floors B14 and B15 would serve as the new Farmland for growing crops, with an area designated for raising Poultry and Fish Species.
Floor B17 would be used as the Vehicle Storage Warehouse.
The original farmland of the Tomorrow was located on Floor B10.
After discussion, to ease unified management, Li Ye decided to move the farmland from Floor B10 to Floor B16.
Next came the residential space.
Currently, the room of an Ordinary Resident on the Tomorrow had been expanded to 25 square meters. Even after factoring in the corridors, stairways, and public buildings, the generous estimate per person would be 40 square meters.
"That means each floor could house over 17,000 people!"one City Committee member exclaimed.
In response, Lin Wu adjusted his glasses.
"Estimating population capacity solely by area is a very rigid way of thinking,"he said."Living space is only the basic requirement. You also have to account for clothing, food, shelter, daily goods, household appliances, relaxation areas, recreational facilities, and sports venues for all those 17,000 people...
"It’s not just about being able to live—it has to be livable."he concluded.
Li Ye nodded in agreement.
If supporting living amenities couldn’t be properly managed, then increasing the population wouldn’t hold much meaning. It could even cause more trouble.
Still, if the Tomorrow could support 17,000 residents, he’d be secretly thrilled.
Overall, the living space on the Tomorrow was now tremendously spacious.
Lin Wu reminded him of one more thing.
At this point, the Tomorrow absolutely needed elevators.
It now had a total of 24 floors, and using the gangway stairs had become inconvenient.
Originally, the Tomorrow didn’t have an Elevator project.
However, during the naval battles, they sank many Mobile Cities of the Naga Civilization and obtained a vast quantity of Ordinary, Level 1, and Level 2 Items. As a result, the number of producible projects increased dramatically.
Among them was a Level 1 Elevator project.
Building one Level 1 Elevator only required 35 units of Level 1 Iron Ore, which could be described as cost-effective.
"Not just regular elevators—we also need large Freight Elevators,"Lin Wu added.
"Then next time we encounter a Gathering, I’ll allocate funds for your procurement,"Li Ye replied.
"Lord, and Chairman,"
a member of the City Committee spoke up.
"Now that we’ve expanded so much in area, should we consider building more basic living facilities?"
"Like a Small Lake, Small Park, Small Forest, or a Small Amusement Park?"
"Or perhaps add more sports venues?"
Li Ye and Lin Wu exchanged a glance.
Logically speaking, providing quality living conditions for residents was necessary.
But there was no need to make things too luxurious.
After all, this was the Wasteland, full of dangers.
Everyone needed to remain vigilant, even Ordinary Residents who didn’t engage in combat.
Thus, Li Ye temporarily shelved the proposal.